CB Brandon Facyson status for WVU game unsure

BLACKSBURG - Virginia Tech cornerbacks coach Brian Mitchell said senior cornerback Brandon Facyson (wrist) is still not full-speed in practice, but is getting more work in than what the coaches anticipated following his offseason surgery.

"We're getting more out of him than I thought I would. He's getting into some drills right now, non-contact drills. He's getting some good football in."

Mitchell said he doesn't know if Facyson, who has battled injuries throughout his college career, will be available to play in the Hokies' Sept. 3 opener against West Virginia.

The backups are:

Mitchell said he's comfortable with the depth at his position, with sophomore Jovonn Quillen and redshirt freshman Tyree Rogers also progressing as backup corners.

So how much does this hurt with WVU wanting the throw the ball all over the place?

So you mean to tell me that Will Grier is going to be facing a defensive line with the size and speed of ours trying to get the ball out to a receiving corps of only 1 returner going up against one of the better passing defenses in the country?

"Some days you’re a horse and some days you’re a horse’s ass. I’ve been a horse’s ass for a little while." - Roy Halladay

I was about to say something snarky about how you forgot to say "knock on wood", which then made me wonder where exactly the phrase comes from.

So I goes to the internets, home of all knowledge, and the internets tells me that knowing the roots are nigh on impossible, given damn near every culture has damn near the same phrase for the same reason.

Leg for the chuckle, but I'm sitting here sipping a rum and coke as we speak. Rum is ok in the Caribbean, at the beach, and here in the summer. Come fall, though, and the rum goes south wit da boidies and out comes the brown likker.

No, I know you weren't dissing rum. Who would dedicate a thread to rum anyway? I just commented because I had a mouthful of it when I read your post. The only time I've been caught with alcohol at a VT football game was because I had, in fact, an ass pocket full of a pint of Jack Daniels. Luckily, the copper involved let me back in the game after pouring out the good stuff into the barrel of the bad stuff. Switched to airplane bottles after that, never another problem.

So how does this impact us on the field if Facyson misses a game? Since the Whip position has basically evolved into a hybrid db/linebacker position, couldn't Mook just slide over to nickel in our 5 DB sets? Or am I missing something? For depth, I'm sure Mook could even fill in at one of the two corner spots to give Adonis/Stroman a breather and have Shegog in at whip, especially if WVU comes out in some heavier formations from time to time.

Yeah I was personally thinking this hurts us mostly for dime packages or for when Adonis/Stroman need a breather. Don't want to tempt fate but the injury bug could hurt us much worse at another position.

I hope the few clips we have seen of Quillen getting beaten by our WRs indicate how good the WRs are and NOT how much of a liability Quillen might be. I will give DBU and Mitchell the benefit of the doubt. Next man up!

I don't think he necessarily peaked but lots of passes were forced his way. It helped having Bonner tell him where the QB was going with the ball prior to each pass and Fuller locking down the opposite side.